Wen Robin

• Born in 1994
• Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium

The pictorial practice of Robin Wen explores the world of the Free Party through its lifestyle, that of a youth in search of freedom, an initially documentary approach. Using his personal archives or objects from his daily life, Robin Wen deals with the fragility and violence of this environment with strength and sensitivity. His paintings have become "anthropological objects" and bear witness to a universe that oscillates between the fantastic and the realistic. Robin Wen's artistic practice is founded on technical rigor and mastery of drawing. Using mainly ballpoint pen and occasionally paint, Robin Wen builds up her images with meticulous precision, accumulating layers of extremely precise strokes. This method demands time, patience and great concentration, giving each of Robin Wen's works a remarkable visual density. The choice of the ballpoint pen, a tool often associated with sketching or everyday writing, allows Robin Wen to divert an ordinary medium to produce compositions of great complexity. Robin Wen's work is also distinguished by its hyper-realistic rendering: textures, lights and expressions are rendered with almost photographic precision.